The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council introduced the situation of the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei Twin Cities Forum. The Taiwan Affairs Office held a regular press conference. Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said that it is understood that the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei Urban Forum will be held in Taipei on December 17, and Shanghai will send a delegation to Taiwan to attend the forum. With the theme of "Smart Governance for a Sustainable Future", the forum will promote the interactive exchanges between the two cities in terms of friendly transportation, river governance and humanistic cities. During the forum, the two cities will also sign a memorandum on exchanges and cooperation. We hope the forum will be successful.I SQUARED CAPITAL is reported to have started due diligence on Hong Kong Broadband.Argentine President Millay: Negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Trump administration will be launched next year. Argentine President Millay said in a national televised speech on December 10 local time that he plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the newly appointed Trump administration of the United States next year, and promised to make Argentina more independent from MERCOSUR. After the historic trade agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Union last week, he criticized that MERCOSUR has become a "prison" for member States. "Our ultimate goal in MERCOSUR is to improve the autonomy of the members of this group to the rest of the world." Millay said, "In this spirit, our primary goal will be to start a free trade agreement with the United States next year." He also mentioned on the same day that Argentina plans to cancel capital controls next year.
In response to the US request for TSMC's advanced manufacturing process to be moved to the United States, Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian said: TSMC has become a "warlords" for the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to please the United States. As the public opinion on the island has said, it is only a matter of time before the Democratic Progressive Party authorities are determined to "rely on the United States for independence" and TSMC becomes a "United States product". If the Democratic Progressive Party authorities are allowed to "sell Taiwan" without a bottom line, the advantages of related industries in Taiwan Province will be weakened, and the interests of enterprises and people on the island will be harmed. When the use value of Taiwan Province is drained, the "chess pieces" will become "abandoned children", and the enterprises and people on the island will see this more and more clearly. It should be pointed out that many Taiwan Province enterprises have developed rapidly by participating in cross-strait cooperation, which fully proves that the right way is for the two sides to work together to expand the Chinese national economy.China Merchants Bank applied for a large-scale model trademark. According to the intellectual property information, recently, China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of the trademarks of "YiZhao Big Model" and "YiZhao Big Model of China Merchants Bank". The international classification is advertising sales, website services and scientific instruments, and the current trademark status is awaiting substantive examination.Liu Yi, the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association, was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in the first instance. According to Xianning Intermediate People's Court, on the morning of December 11, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province publicly pronounced the case of accepting bribes by Liu Yi, the former deputy head of the preparatory group for the change of the Chinese Football Association and the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association. The defendant Liu Yi was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for accepting bribes and fined RMB 3.6 million. The property obtained from bribery shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury, and the insufficient part shall continue to be recovered.
Port-au-Prince Airport in Haiti will resume normal operation. On December 10th, local time, Haitian Aviation Management Committee announced that Toussaint Louvertur International Airport in Port-au-Prince will resume normal operation on the 11th. Toussaint Louverture International Airport, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is the largest airport in the country. In March this year, Haitian gang militants attacked the airport in an attempt to seize control. Since then, the operation of the airport has been blocked, and most airlines have cancelled flights to Haiti. (CCTV News)Will the air ticket price in the United States rise in November? Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have their own opinions. Due to the rising cost of housing, insurance and medical services, the core inflation rate in the United States has remained high. Second-hand car prices may rise due to the rebound of auction prices, but economists are still divided on whether the increase in air ticket prices will become a reality. Goldman Sachs predicts that air ticket prices will increase by 1% month-on-month, reflecting a strong potential pricing trend. Bank of America, on the other hand, said, "We expect the air ticket price to drop by 1% month-on-month, which will change the contribution rate of core inflation from +3 basis points to -1 basis point. Due to the decline in air ticket prices, the monthly core inflation rate will drop to 0.2%, but the volatility of this category is still very large. "The cross-strait youth ice and snow festival will be held in Heilongjiang, and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will hold a regular press conference. Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian released an event news. From December 18th to 24th, the Youth Ice and Snow Festival on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province and related cities. The theme of the Ice and Snow Festival is "Burning Ice and Walking Together". On December 19th, the launching ceremony, short video exhibition and award presentation of cross-strait youth will be held. During this period, a cross-strait youth exchange forum, the 9th Asian Winter Games venue tour, ice and snow experience, visits and exchanges will also be held. At present, Taiwan Province compatriots have signed up enthusiastically and participated enthusiastically. It is estimated that about 1,000 Taiwan compatriots, mainly young people from Taiwan Province, will participate in the Ice and Snow Festival. (Riyue Tan Tian)